Callichrous chechra

Title Variants

Alternative: Ompok bimaculatus

By

Symonds, Mary, , artist

Wood, Casey A. (Casey Albert), 1856-1942 , donor
Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology.

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

[Madras, India], [between 1801 and 1806?]

Notes

Caption title.

Species name from World Register of Marine Species: Ompok bimaculatus.

Common name: Butter catfish.

Inscription on drawing: a small number "47" (pencil).

Painting showing a side view of blue-and-grey whiskered fish with pink accents. Very lightly painted. Pencil inscription on mat reads, "Callichrous chechra."

Purchased in London in 1924 by Casey A. Wood as part of a collection of watercolours and donated to the Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology

Wood, C.A. Vertebrate zoology, | page 502

Subjects

Catfishes , Symonds, Mary